We were on the Norwegian Pearl for the 2/8/08 sailing to the Southern Caribbean. We are in our 30's and our son is 11 yo. We have been on Carnival and Royal Caribbean and we wanted to try Norwegian and see what the Freestyle Cruising is all about.

We arrived in Miami on 2/6/08 and took a taxi to the Newport Beachside Resort in North beach Miami. I booked through priceline and got a great deal. It was right on the beach and although the rooms were definitely not the 5* it was a great location and the staff was very helpful. They had a kids program that was fantastic and even some adult games during the day like water balloon tossing and bingo. The food was not very good and it was expensive but everything else made up for that and we just walked across the street to the mall which had a subway and Mexican food.

We took a taxi to the port on Friday and arrived around 11 am. Embarkment was a breeze! We were on the ship in less than 30 minutes. Read more